In mid October, local farmers Wayne Giraudier and Deb Malesh noticed a golden eagle sitting in their rock pile for two days without leaving. Fearing that the bird must be injured, they notified Jon Tamlin of the local RCMP detachment.
Tamlin notified the local conservation office in Assiniboia and a rescue was organized.
Local Ron Dyck captured the injured bird by covering it with a sleeping bag. He, Tamlin and Kelly Crane, the conservation officer then loaded the bird into a box for transport.
The bird was transported to Saskatoon to be rehabilitated at the Veterinary College. "This is third or fourth bird captured in the area. The other three were hawks." said Ron Dyck. Dyck chuckled when he reported that by the time the eagle was captured, the damage done to the sleeping bag left it no longer of use for its regular job of covering the tomatoes.
According to the internet, the Golden Eagle is one of the best known birds of prey in the Northern Hemisphere. Once widespread across the Holarctic, it has disappeared from many of the more heavily populated areas. It has a wingspan averaging over 2 m (7 ft) and up to 1 m (3 ft) in body length. The golden eagle
Golden Eagle rescued
Golden Eagle rescued
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November 18, 2008
- Published on February 1, 2010
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Kelly Elder
In mid October, local farmers Wayne Giraudier and Deb Malesh noticed a golden eagle sitting in their rock pile for two days without leaving. Fearing that the bird must be injured, they notified Jon Tamlin of the local RCMP detachment.
Tamlin notified the local conservation office in Assiniboia and a rescue was organized.
Local Ron Dyck captured the injured bird by covering it with a sleeping bag. He, Tamlin and Kelly Crane, the conservation officer then loaded the bird into a box for transport.
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